I was feeling pretty good 4 weeks ago and made 3 projects. The first one is made from Rainbow Popler and it had alot of curl and minerial lines going althrough it.
After sanding to 600g I put on 2 coats of Deft UV inhibitor oil and then let it dry. The next day I buffed it using the Beall Buffing system. The mesurements are 11” tall and 3” wide and it is the first hollowform I made after my father in laws Urn. I never knew Rainbow Poplur looked to good.

The next two are Redwood burl boxes. Both boxes are 3”x3”

The first one has a pagora roof on it and the lid is hollowed out on the inside also
The second one looks like a capsele box made by Allen Keys in his DVD which I have availabe to loan out to anyone.

No finish yet on both of them, however, I will be doing the same to these as I did the vase above

Thanks for looking
Arlin

This will be a 3 week kind of post (I hope) of making a Bandsaw Sled.

I will take pictures of what I am doing as I make it.
It is for two purposes’
1. To help me push projects through the blade saftely, accurately and repeatable.
2. To help cut logs to lumber.

This is what I have done today.

First I cut a 3/4×4x8 sheet of Melamine. The cut was 3’x4’ for the sled the other 5’x4’ will be used later for a Table saw Sled

First I measured it out and taped the seam so it would not chip. I then used the clamp as guide so my Brother in Law could use his skill saw to cut it straight.

Second I cut a pine 2×4 to 60” and bolted it to the side of the Bandsaw. I drilled and tapped the holes so no nuts were needed.

Another picture head on
I then cut some 3/8”x36”UHMB into bars for the miter slot. I made them to 66” long to overlap the bottom by 3”

I then attached them to the Melimine and countersunk the top and used sheetmetal screws and epoxy to make sure it stuck. I did this to help the sled move and slide easier.

In the next two pictures I am using a block plane to smooth the wood down flat.
The shavings were very nice and thin.

That is it for now and I will post more on Monday afternoon after I do more.

Enjoy
Arlin

This is a Curly Burl Maple box that I made 4 weeks ago. Finished with 75/25 tung oil and minerial spirits and sanded to 600g.
A friend need a present for his daughter.

Arlin

I finally got to post this.

I carved this sign with the 2 cherry chisels I recieved as a gift last year. I know they are not carving chisels, however, I made it with what I had and think it came out pretty good

It had taken me 2 weeks to make and another week to seal and paint. I sealed it with 50/50 mix of tung oil and mineral spirits 2 times on both sides.

And as you can see this is what the neighbor picked out for painting the background color on the Red Ceder.
He also likes and has several horses, so I made one on his sign also. The eye is turned from Ebony

Cheers

Arlin

PS- You can see some things I turned and have not finished yet in the background on the first photo.

I just wanted to show off the boxes that were made and I only did 2 of them and Andy did 3 and another guy Joe did another 2 of them Here are the pictures. Also ND2ELK (Tom Stockbridge) sent me 2 boxes I have not yet put together. He gave me all the drawing how to do both. The lower one on the bottom Left is made from a guy Ron From The patriot woodworker in which he sent me 2 of them. The one is compleatly done as you see and the other is in pieces for a templete for me to use.
I have a website now http://www.lovinghandsmemoryboxs.com/index.html to get the work out we need more woodworkers.

Thank you for looking and to Dennis for suggesting to put this here.

All the Best
Arlin